| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Elites: Why has anti-elitism become such a common stable of media and political rhetoric? 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St. Peter’s Parish Church, South Petherton. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The story of German families who resisted the Nazis from 1933 to the end of the war. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The story of German families who resisted the Nazis from 1933 to the end of the war. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The story of German families who resisted the Nazis from 1933 to the end of the war. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The story of German families who resisted the Nazis from 1933 to the end of the war. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The story of German families who resisted the Nazis from 1933 to the end of the war. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:156/10Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has shaped the culture of Britain. 00:30An original short work for radio by Mary Paulson-Ellis. Read by Lesley Hart. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with singer songwriter Steph Macleod 05:45What impact has the pandemic had on life and communities in rural Britain? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58John Aitchison presents the wren.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with singer songwriter Steph Macleod 05:45The RSPB announces new policy on shooting. 05:58John Aitchison presents the wigeon.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with singer songwriter Steph Macleod 05:45After a defeat in Parliament, MPs look for a new way to protect British food standards. 05:58John Aitchison presents the chough.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with singer songwriter Steph Macleod 05:45How long will it take to improve rural broadband? 05:58John Aitchison presents the long-eared owl.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with singer songwriter Steph Macleod 05:45Fishing is again proving a major and problematic issue in the Brexit talks. 05:58John Aitchison presents the Canada goose.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45Lydia Furse looks at the personal and political benefits of playing women's rugby.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St. Thomas the Martyr in Oxford. 05:45The former bricklayer steering Liverpool through the latest coronavirus lockdown.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Anita Rani on Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes 06:30How has the pandemic changed life in rural communities? 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Hazhir Teimourian asks if youth, as with spring and summer, is not overrated. 06:35JB Gill visits the Ebony Horse Club in Brixton. 06:57The latest weather forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Paterson Joseph makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Minority Rights Group International 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | 08:30News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:30MPs debate England's latest anti-Covid rules.
| 08:30News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:30Health Secretary Matt Hancock unveils tougher restrictions for parts of England.
| 08:45News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A eucharist live from Croydon Minster, celebrating St Luke, patron saint of physicians, 08:48Adam Gopnik reflects on the appearance of Jupiter in the skies over Manhattan. 08:58Liz Bonnin presents the raucous calling sulphur-crested cockatoo from Australia.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Madeleine Bunting, Jeremy Hunt and Helen Kingston. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Anjula Mutanda helps one guest make sense of one big parenting question. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer & music led by the Rev Aaron Moffat-Jackman
| 09:00Ex-ministers Caroline Flint and Rory Stewart debate the focus on 'hard-working families'. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Ann Easter.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the short, brilliant life of computer science's founder. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Isabelle Hamley.
| 09:00Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Emma Scrivener.
| 09:00TV's JJ Chalmers, hair guru Charlotte Mensah and rabab player Jasvir Kaur Rababan MBE.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00All pregnant women are being urged to have a flu jab this winter. 10:451/5Jeremy Front and Rebecca Front return with another series of Incredible Women
| 10:00Women in business and three-tier lockdown. Working as a midwife. 10:452/5Jeremy starts to experience unexplained phenomena.
| 10:00Carla Bruni on her new album. Covid and working class women. Author Onjali Rauf. 10:453/5Jeremy discovers Fay's collection of antique magic tricks.
| 10:00Susie MacMurray and her Medusa sculpture, ADHD midlife diagnosis and women and forgiveness 10:454/5Fay starts to think Jeremy might be a secret believer in the paranormal.
| 10:00Dolly Alderton talks to Jane about her first novel, Ghosts. 10:455/5Jeremy finishes interviewing Dr Fay Sullivan, but has she been hoaxing him all along?
| 10:304/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
| 10:00Philip hatches a plan and Ruth tries to keep things low key. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring knot and the sounds of the mudflat.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A wedding DJ takes a stand on refugees crossing the Channel and seeking asylum in the UK. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00It's the key metaphor of the internet, ethereal and fluffy - but what is the cloud hiding? 11:304/4Natalie Haynes stands up for Homer's Iliad.
| 11:002/3Phoebe's back living with her mum, who was laid off twice in the '80s and shares her tips. 11:302/4Admiring music of the past creates ethical dilemmas for the family.
| 11:00Stories about refugees on Lesbos in Greece, and from Kenya, Hong Kong, India and Belarus. 11:30Writer Chris Yates explores the spirit of carp fishing at a Wiltshire lake in midsummer.
| 11:002/3Marybeth Hamilton explores the New Deal's most progressive moment & America is rebuilt. 11:304/4Richard Wilson considers his mortality.
| 11:00Steve Richards presents Radio 4's review of the political week. 11:30Stories on how Africa and China see the US elections, and from Brazil, Russia and Belgium.
| 11:00Professor Averil Mansfield shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:452/5Daljit Nagra examines the marriage of Rama and Sita and its relevance to marriage today.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:046/10As the sun comes out in London, the would-be home owners start to resent living frugally. 12:18The end of the loyalty penalty? Living comfortably in lockdown. Britbox. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/10With home-ownership feeling like a pipe dream, Syl starts to fret about his love life. 12:18Call You and Yours - How has Coronavirus affected your ability to make ends meet? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:048/10Battersby’s excursion to Hampton Court is the talk of Brixton. 12:18Do you feel a sense of community or support has been lost since the national lockdown? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:049/10As summer wanes there’s a push to get on the property ladder from an unexpected quarter. 12:18We speak to the employees of the big cinema chains worried about their jobs. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10Bat’s duplicity has been uncovered by the formidable Teena. 12:18The show investigates delays in getting the flu jab, following up on listener emails. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Issues with National Insurance numbers, negative interest rates and life insurance payouts 12:307/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:046/6John Lloyd and Alice Levine with Ade Adepitan, Dr Sarah Beynon and Hannah Gadsby. 12:32Leyla Kazim explores the integral role of food in Judaism’s autumn festivals. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45David Cannadine tells the story behind the buzzword Moral Panic.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45David Cannadine tells the story behind the buzzword Nudge.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45David Cannadine tells the story behind the buzzword Disruptors.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45David Cannadine tells the story behind the Buzzword FOMO.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45David Cannadine tells the story behind the buzzword Big Data.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today
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| 14:00 | 14:002/7Contemporary series of dramas that look at society through the lens of sex. 14:45Nick Berkeley shows how song lyrics can help articulate and negotiate our lives.
| 14:153/7Glenda Jackson stars in a series of contemporary dramas inspired by Emile Zola's novels.
| 14:00Ruth tries to keep things low key 14:154/7A series of linked dramas exploring sex in contemporary Britain. Starring Glenda Jackson.
| 14:00Alistair offers the benefit of his experience 14:155/7Glenda Jackson stars in a series of linked plays seen through the lens of sex
| 14:00The stress threatens to overwhelm Philip 14:156/7Glenda Jackson leads a series of linked dramas exploring sex in contemporary Britain.
| 14:00Brexit - is a no deal inevitable? 14:457/7Glenda Jackson leads a series of linked dramas exploring sex in contemporary Britain.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston chairs this week's gardening show with a panel of experts. 14:457/10Sean Bean presents a series exploring how war experiences filter down the generations
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Dan Saladino talks to shepherd James Rebanks about the future of food and farming.
| 15:003/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:30A panel of experts discuss the situation with this year's wildfires.
| 15:00Adam Shaw and a panel of guests answer calls from would-be first-time buyers. 15:30Covid-19 Test and Trace; Non-drug trials in a pandemic
| 15:00Anita Rani on Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes 15:27Alfred Enoch makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation 15:30Chris Power talks to Ugandan writer Jennifer Makumbi about her new novel The First Woman.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston chairs this week's gardening show with a panel of experts. 15:45An original short work for radio by Mary Paulson-Ellis. Read by Lesley Hart.
| 15:30Writer Chris Yates explores the spirit of carp fishing at a Wiltshire lake in midsummer.
| 15:001/3USA is John Dos Passos’s masterpiece, an epic saga of American life from boom to bust.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Andrew McGibbon talks to Allan Tucker, recording engineer to rap pioneer Sylvia Robinson. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks if crowdfunding is the magic bullet for the post pandemic economy.
| 16:00Adam Rutherford explores the science behind why recovery from covid can be so protracted. 16:30Romance in Marseilles, Butterfly Politics & This is Pleasure. Harriett Gilbert talks books
| 16:00Revolution: Must all radical upheavals in the social and political order end in tragedy? 16:30Does journalism still report the facts or has it been hijacked by opinion?
| 16:00On set with Romola Garai. 16:30COVID test and trace around the world and Linda Scott's book - The Double X Economy
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a poet, a physiologist, a mountaineer, a voice coach. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
| 16:00Carla Bruni, Working From Home, and HIV and Bame women.
| 16:00Johny Pitts celebrates Charles Dickens with Armando Iannucci and John Mullan. 16:30Crime writer Mark Billingham chooses country singer Hank Williams as his muse.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30How big a threat has cybercrime become for businesses and what can they do to prevent it? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00An investigation into VAT fraud within Leicester's garment manufacturing industry. 17:40The former bricklayer steering Liverpool through the latest coronavirus lockdown. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Liverpool City Region becomes England's first very high alert area under new system 18:306/6John Lloyd and Alice Levine with Ade Adepitan, Dr Sarah Beynon and Hannah Gadsby.
| 18:00Labour leader proposes short shutdown of pubs, restaurants and non-essential offices 18:302/4Rob tells the story of a Stoic philosophy festival and his part in its downfall.
| 18:00N Ireland shuts schools, pubs and restaurants; Wales bans some visitors 18:302/4Matt, Bob and Jess do a runner from a restaurant - straight into trouble.
| 18:00Government accused of using areas as "canaries in the coal mine". 18:305/6John makes a heartfelt serving suggestion, and Lawry tries to keep himself busy.
| 18:00Boris Johnson has said the UK needs to get ready to leave the EU without a trade deal. 18:307/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman
| 18:00New details about the beheading of a teacher in a Paris suburb have been revealed. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Manchester's mayor accuses Number Ten of exaggerating the spread of Covid in the region. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15As the first of the government grants are awarded we ask if it is going to be enough. 19:451/10The return of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 19:00Ruth tries to keep things low key 19:15Hugh Laurie on new drama Roadkill, Aberdeen Art Gallery, arts degrees during Covid. 19:452/10Part two of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 19:00Alistair offers the benefit of his experience 19:15Jodi Picoult on her novel The Book of Two Ways. 19:453/10Part three of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 19:00The stress threatens to overwhelm Philip 19:15Anais Mitchell on Hadestown; Belfast International Arts Festival; Chris Killip remembered. 19:454/10Part four of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 19:00Roddy Doyle on his new novel Love, and The Kronos Quartet celebrate Pete Seeger. 19:455/10Part five of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 19:00The former bricklayer steering Liverpool through the latest coronavirus lockdown. 19:15Historian and writer Sir Simon Schama converses with his heroes brought back to life. 19:458/10Stanley Tucci tells the story of Dianne Feinstein, trailblazing Californian politician
| 19:0012/15Eleanor Peck opens up the dark world that Heawood and Kennedy have been drawn into. 19:152/6Julie has a bone to pick with Danno - and Andy’s finally met a woman. 19:45The next in Daisy Johnson's deliciously chilling series of ghost stories set on the Fens.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Phoebe's back living with her mum, who was laid off twice in the '80s and shares her tips. 20:30Rosie Campbell assesses the relationship between Tory leaders and their MPs.
| 20:00An investigation into VAT fraud within Leicester's garment manufacturing industry. 20:40The falling numbers of UK theatres offering audio described performances in recent years.
| 20:00Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Lydia Furse looks at the personal and political benefits of playing women's rugby.
| 20:00Why are there regional differences in Covid-19 infection rates? 20:30How big a threat has cybercrime become for businesses and what can they do to prevent it?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50Adam Gopnik reflects on the appearance of Jupiter in the skies over Manhattan.
| 20:00Alison Steadman celebrates 50 years since BBC TV's seminal drama series began.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a poet, a physiologist, a mountaineer, a voice coach.
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| 21:00 | 21:00A look at the life of black activist Marcus Garvey. 21:30Andrew Marr with Madeleine Bunting, Jeremy Hunt and Helen Kingston.
| 21:00Covid-19 Test and Trace; Non-drug trials in a pandemic 21:30Anjula Mutanda helps one guest make sense of one big parenting question.
| 21:00A panel of experts discuss the situation with this year's wildfires. 21:30Does journalism still report the facts or has it been hijacked by opinion?
| 21:00COVID test and trace around the world and Linda Scott's book - The Double X Economy 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the short, brilliant life of computer science's founder.
| 21:00Chuck Palahniuk’s cult novel charts a man’s descent from insomnia to a world of violence.
| 21:00By Philip Palmer. A dystopian love story about the power of language. 21:451/10Harry's son Nelson wants to bring home a new girlfriend - but where will they sleep?
| 21:00Issues with National Insurance numbers, negative interest rates and life insurance payouts 21:25Paterson Joseph makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Minority Rights Group International 21:30Rosie Campbell assesses the relationship between Tory leaders and their MPs.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Liverpool City Region placed in Tier Three - where alert level classed as "very high" 22:456/10As the sun comes out in London, the would-be home owners start to resent living frugally.
| 22:00Sir Kier Starmer calls for 2-3 week lockdown for England 22:457/10With home-ownership feeling like a pipe dream, Syl starts to fret about his love life.
| 22:00Toughest measures imposed in UK since start of second wave of the virus 22:458/10Battersby’s excursion to Hampton Court is the talk of Brixton.
| 22:00Andy Burnham accuses ministers of treating region with contempt 22:459/10As summer wanes there’s a push to get on the property ladder from an unexpected quarter.
| 22:00Local and regional leaders call for more financial support for businesses 22:4510/10Bat’s duplicity has been uncovered by the formidable Teena.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Comedian Alex Edelman and his transatlantic guests try to make some connections. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/4Sophie thinks that she will finally get to meet her Auntie Pamela. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/4Tom Neenan discovers what horrors lurk in our apps and gadgets in this modern ghost story. 23:153/4Peter Curran, Patrick Marber and Rhys Ifans talk dark childhoods and the boots of Bowie. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:005/6Jon Holmes's extraordinary Skewer returns to twist itself into these extraordinary times. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The candidates compete for air time in duelling town halls. 23:30GPS is sometimes called the “invisible utility”. What would happen if it stopped working? 23:45News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Writer Noo Saro-Wiwa gives her personal perspective on poetry’s relationship with touch.
| 23:00On set with Romola Garai. 23:30Hazhir Teimourian asks if youth, as with spring and summer, is not overrated.
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